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| Question | Answer |
| SAFETY | -Refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of this standards. |
| ACCIDENT | - Unplanned or an undesired event - near accident or near miss - has the potential to inflict injury or property damage |
| HAZARD | - Any condition in the workplace that, by itself or by interacting with other variables, cause injuries, property damage, death, or other losses. |
| LOSS CONTROL | - It is the prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidental damage to the company's property. |
| HAZARD CONTROL | - Involves developing a program to recognize, evaluate, and eliminate or minimize the destructive effects of hazards in the workplace. - It includes hazard recognition, evaluation, control, and communication. - It is a shared responsibility of management and all workers. |
| POTENTIAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS | 1. People 2. Equipment 3. Materials 4. Environment |
| INCIDENT | Undesired circumstances and near misses with the potential to cause incidents |
| OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT | An unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in once or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death; as occupational accidents are to be considered travel, transport or road traffic accidents in which workers are injured and which arise out of or in the course of work |
| COMMUTING ACCIDENT | AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON THE HABITUAL ROUTE, IN EITHER DIRECTION, BETWEEN PLACE OF WORK OR WORK-RELATED TRAINING |
| OCCUPATIONAL INJURY | Any personal injury, disease or death resulting from an occupational accident |
| WRITTEN WORKPLACE SAFETY PROGRAM | A management approach for identifying , evaluating, analyzing and controlling workplace safety and health hazards. Includes developing systematic policies, procedures and practices fundamental to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment. Requires a safety policy statement |
| THE DOMINO SEQUENCE | 1. Lack of control - management 2. Basic Cause - origin 3. Immediate Cause - symptoms 4. Incident - contact 5. People - property - loss |
| 6 ELEMENTS OF A WWSP | 1. RESPONSIBILITY 2. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL 3. TRAINING 4. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION 5. ENFORCEMENT 6. SAFETY COMMITTEE |
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